I generally like ryzom's idea to allow both pvp players and non-pvp players to coexist to the same time in the same area. However i also see that on Silan there is little to no option to do so, arenas are not a real option when there is nothing to gain hanging out there.
But what about strengthening kami and karavan presence on silan? Both could have npcs similar to those 4 instructor npcs. They could explain what kami and karavan are about and allow new players to get or loose fame with them quickly up to the point where they can tag. I think it would be great to have tagged players on silan and i really doubt this feature would be used as infrequently as on mainlands today. It will prevent new players from thinking that there are no pvp options in ryzom. There are a few new games out there that somewhat have the same concept about tagged pvp ryzom has, and people get tagged there a lot more frequently than in ryzom. There could even be factional vendors who sell a few q50 uber-items for faction points (needs a tweak on how faction points can be obtained by tagged but unaligned players) that cannot be obtained in any other way.
I dislike the FFA Silan idea because i think new players who like pvp will be disapointed when they learn there is no FFA mainlands. It would make silan more unlike the mainlands which already is a big problem with new players. And new players are unlikely to willingly start two toons on ffa silan and real silan, they are - and should be - proud of what they accomplished with their first toon and be able to use that throughout the entire game.
However a full FFA server is something to think about imo - but that is a rather big change that divides the codebase for different servers and thus unlikely to happen.
But what about strengthening kami and karavan presence on silan? Both could have npcs similar to those 4 instructor npcs. They could explain what kami and karavan are about and allow new players to get or loose fame with them quickly up to the point where they can tag. I think it would be great to have tagged players on silan and i really doubt this feature would be used as infrequently as on mainlands today. It will prevent new players from thinking that there are no pvp options in ryzom. There are a few new games out there that somewhat have the same concept about tagged pvp ryzom has, and people get tagged there a lot more frequently than in ryzom. There could even be factional vendors who sell a few q50 uber-items for faction points (needs a tweak on how faction points can be obtained by tagged but unaligned players) that cannot be obtained in any other way.
I dislike the FFA Silan idea because i think new players who like pvp will be disapointed when they learn there is no FFA mainlands. It would make silan more unlike the mainlands which already is a big problem with new players. And new players are unlikely to willingly start two toons on ffa silan and real silan, they are - and should be - proud of what they accomplished with their first toon and be able to use that throughout the entire game.
However a full FFA server is something to think about imo - but that is a rather big change that divides the codebase for different servers and thus unlikely to happen.